Events in 2001 in animation .
Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
June 2 : The first episode of Braceface [citation needed June 3 : Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise 's Atlantis: The Lost Empire Walt Disney Company , is released. It is a box office flop, but becomes a cult film later.[citation needed During its 25-week theatrical run, Atlantis: The Lost Empire grossed over $186 million worldwide ($84 million from the United States and Canada).[ 9] Thomas Schumacher , then-president of Walt Disney Feature Animation, said, "It seemed like a good idea at the time to not do a sweet fairy tale, but we missed."[ 10] June 8 : The first episode of Time Squad [citation needed June 27 : The South Park Cripple Fight " premieres, featuring the debut of Jimmy Valmer .[citation needed June 28 : The Rugrats receive a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame .[ 11] June 30 : The first episode of What's with Andy? [ 12]
July
August
September
October
November
December
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Awards
Films released
Television series debuts
Television series endings
Births
February
February 15 : Haley Tju , American actress (voice of Lexi Kubota in Glitch Techs Amphibia Arlo the Alligator Boy I Heart Arlo Monsters vs. Aliens The Loud House Big Hero 6: The Series Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny Where's Waldo? February 21 : Isabella Acres , American actress (voice of Jade in Sofia the First Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Phineas and Ferb Princess Bubblegum in Adventure Time Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
October 12 : Raymond Ochoa , American actor and singer (voice of Arlo in The Good Dinosaur Anakin Skywalker in Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III Special Agent Oso October 13 : Caleb McLaughlin , American actor (voice of Ghost in Summer Camp Island The Boys Presents: Diabolical Final Space [ 36] October 17 : Jake Beale , Canadian actor (voice of Mike in Mike the Knight Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Arthur October 19 : Art Parkinson , Irish actor (voice of Kubo in Kubo and the Two Strings October 21 : Ashley Liao , American actress (voice of Jun Wong in DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms
November
December
Deaths
January
January 2 : Alison de Vere , English animator, background designer (Halas and Batchelor The Beatles Yellow Submarine The Animals of Farthing Wood The Black Dog , Psyche and Eros ), dies at age 73.[ 37] January 25 : Sam Singer , American film director and producer (The Adventures of Pow Wow The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican Bucky and Pepito [ 38] January 28 : Don Brodie , American actor and director (voice of Devil Donald in Donald's Better Self Pinocchio [ 39] [ 40]
February
March
March 1 : Torsten Bjarre, Swedish animator and comics artist, dies at age 85.[ 45] March 8 : Edward Winter , American actor (voice of Dr. Buzz Kutt and Owner in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest The Angry Beavers [ 46] March 9 : Richard Stone , American composer (Warner Bros. Animation ), dies at age 47.[ 47] March 11 : Jim P. Dilworth, American animator, designer, and brother of John R. Dilworth (Courage the Cowardly Dog March 16 : Norma MacMillan , Canadian voice actress (voice of Sweet Polly Purebred in Underdog Gumby , Davey in Davey and Goliath Casper the Friendly Ghost ), dies at age 79.[ 48] March 22 : William Hanna , American animator , director, producer, and cartoonist (Tom & Jerry The Flintstones Yogi Bear The Jetsons Wacky Races Scooby-Doo Hanna-Barbera , dies at age 90.[ 23] [ 49]
April
May
June
June 1 : Hank Ketcham , American comics artist and animator (Walt Disney Company , Walter Lantz ), dies at age 81.[ 53] June 15 : Hurey, Belgian animator (worked for Belvision ) and comics artist, dies at age 63.[ 54] June 19 : Lee Mishkin , American animator (Calvin and the Colonel The New 3 Stooges The Jackson 5ive Halloween Is Grinch Night Yogi's Space Race Jetsons: The Movie The Simpsons Linus the Lionhearted Heavy Metal Is It Always Right to Be Right? Bionic Six [ 55] June 24 : Kent Holaday, American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios , Maxie's World BraveStarr Who Framed Roger Rabbit The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures DIC Entertainment , The Simpsons The New Adventures of He-Man Captain Planet and the Planeteers The Ren & Stimpy Show Rocko's Modern Life Klasky Csupo , The Critic The Maxx King of the Hill Daria Celebrity Deathmatch Futurama Sheep in the Big City Baby Blues June 26 : Paul Berry , English animator and director (The Sandman Cosgrove Hall and Henry Selick ), dies at age 40.[ 56] June 27 :
July
July 4 : Perry Kiefer, American animator (HBO Storybook Musicals Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster Rugrats Tiny Toon Adventures Timon & Pumbaa Animaniacs Rocko's Modern Life Gargoyles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Tick Pepper Ann Animaniacs Gargoyles Jungle Cubs 101 Dalmatians: The Series [ 63] July 7 : Toni Pagot , Italian comics artist, cartoonist and animator (Calimero [ 64] July 15 : Ted Berman , American animator, film director and screenwriter (Walt Disney Company ), dies at age 81.July 16 : Morris , Belgian comics artist and animation director (Daisy Town The Ballad of the Daltons [ 65]
August
August 4: Lorenzo Music , American actor (voice of Garfield in Garfield and Friends Adventures of the Gummi Bears Peter Venkman in The Real Ghostbusters Twice Upon a Time [ 66] August 16 : Dave Barry , American radio host and voice actor (voice of Humphrey Bogart in 8 Ball Bunny Bluto in the Popeye cartoon Seein' Red, White 'N' Blue Elmer Fudd in Pre-Hysterical Hare [ 67] August 23 : Kathleen Freeman , American actress (voice of Eugenia Kisskillya in Detention As Told by Ginger DuckTales FernGully: The Last Rainforest Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Cow and Chicken Batman Beyond [ 68]
September
September 7 : Billie Lou Watt , American actress and writer (voice of the title characters in Astro Boy Kimba the White Lion Gigantor Superbook Courage the Cowardly Dog [ 69] September 18 : Ernie Coombs , American-Canadian entertainer (voice of the Narrator in Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings [ 70] September 23 : Robert Abel , American visual effects artist (Tron [ 71] [ 72] September 30 : Bjørn Frank Jensen, Danish animator and comics artist (co-founder of Ring, Frank & Jensen, worked for Marten Toonder 's animation department), dies at age 81.[ 73]
October
October 5 : Jan Lenica , Polish graphic designer, cartoonist, poster illustrator and animator (Dom A Adam 2 , Ubu et la grande gidouille October 6 : Yuriy Meshcheryakov , Russian-Ukrainian animator (The Tale of Tsar Saltan [ 74] October 9 : Vladimir Danilevich , Russian film director (Vaniusha The Newcomer [ 75]
November
November 6 : Chris Ishii, American animator and comic artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios , UPA , the 1974 Mad Magazine Woody Allen 's Annie Hall [ 76] November 12 : Albert Hague , German-American songwriter and composer (How the Grinch Stole Christmas! [ 77] November 20 : Bob Moore, American animator and comics artist (worked for Walter Lantz and Walt Disney Animation ), dies at age 81.[ 78] November 21 : Seymour Reit , aka Sy Reit, American animator (Fleischer Studios , co-creator of Casper the Friendly Ghost [ 79] November 29 : George Harrison , English musician, singer-songwriter and member of The Beatles (voiced himself in The Simpsons Homer's Barbershop Quartet "), dies from lung cancer at age 58.[ 80]
December
December 2 : Chase Craig , American animator, scriptwriter and comics writer (Warner Bros. Cartoons Walter Lantz Productions ), dies at age 91.[ 81] December 7 : Faith Hubley , American animator, storyboard artist (Mr. Magoo [ 82] December 11 : Beverly Hope Atkinson , American actress (voice of Carol in Heavy Traffic [ 83] [ 84] December 26 : Nigel Hawthorne , English actor (voice of Captain Campion in Watership Down The Plague Dogs Fflewddur Fflam in The Black Cauldron Tarzan [ 85] December 30 : Ray Patterson , American animator and film director and producer (Screen Gems , Walt Disney Animation Studios , MGM Animation , Grantray-Lawrence Animation , Hanna-Barbera ), dies at age 90.[ 86] December 31 : David Swift , American writer, film director and producer (Walt Disney Company ), dies at age 82.[ 87]
Specific date unknown
See also
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